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Wolverhampton& Dudley Breweries PLC
01 March 2005



OFFERS UPDATE

The Wolverhampton & Dudley Breweries, PLC

NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION IN WHOLE OR IN PART IN OR INTO
CANADA, AUSTRALIA OR JAPAN

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

1 March 2005



                            Recommended Cash Offers

                  by The Wolverhampton & Dudley Breweries, PLC

                       and (outside the United States) by

                                McQueen Limited

                               on its behalf for

                                 Burtonwood PLC



COMPULSORY ACQUISITION OF BURTONWOOD PREFERENCE SHARES

On 6 January 2005, The Wolverhampton & Dudley Breweries, PLC (W&DB) announced
that the offers for the entire issued and to be issued preference share capital
(the Preference Offer) of Burtonwood PLC (Burtonwood) and the entire issued and
to be issued ordinary share capital of Burtonwood (together with the Preference
Offer, the Offers) as set out in the offer document dated 8 December 2004 (the
Offer Document), had become unconditional in all respects.

As at 3.00 p.m. on 28 February 2005, valid acceptances have been received in
respect of 413,505 Burtonwood Preference Shares, representing approximately
91.89 per cent in value of the issued preference share capital of Burtonwood.
Accordingly, having received valid acceptances of the Preference Offer in
respect of over 90 per cent in value of the Burtonwood Preference Shares to
which the Preference Offer relates, W&DB will today be giving notice to those
Burtonwood Preference Shareholders who have not accepted the Preference Offer
informing them that it will compulsorily acquire their Burtonwood Preference
Shares by applying sections 428 to 430F of the Companies Act 1985.

The Preference Offer will remain open for acceptance until further notice.

Terms defined in the Offer Document have the same meaning in this announcement.

Enquiries
McQueen                                                         020 7667 6861
Jim Fallon

Hoare Govett                                                    020 7678 8000
Christopher Zeal

gcg hudson sandler                                              020 7796 4133
Andrew Hayes
Nick Lyon



The Preference Offer is not being made, directly or indirectly, in or into and
will not be capable of acceptance in or from Canada, Australia or Japan.
Custodians, nominees and trustees should observe these restrictions and should
not send or distribute documents in or into Canada, Australia or Japan.

McQueen, which is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the
Financial Services Authority, is acting exclusively for W&DB and no-one else in
connection with the Preference Offer and will not be responsible to anyone other
than W&DB for providing the protections afforded to clients of McQueen nor for
providing advice in relation to the Preference Offer or in relation to the
content of this announcement.

This announcement does not constitute an offer or invitation to purchase any
securities or a solicitation of an offer to buy any securities pursuant to the
Preference Offer or otherwise.




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